Maternal age effects on embryo mortality and juvenile development of offspring in the honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 881-888

  Al Lawati, H ^a   Bienefeld, K ^a  

^a Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Early embryonic mortality; Embryogenesis; Maternal effects; Queen age

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; EGG SIZE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HONEYBEE; JUVENILE; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORTALITY; QUEEN;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77649256203     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0514     Document Type: Article

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